Sharp County record., 1887-04-28

rati. and no anatomist or physlOlOgist b,,
ever been able to tell what they are go,i
| for They are no doubt the oundatiOB n,
the resurrection body, worth nothing {,
us in this stats, to be indi5pensably vain
able in the next state.
The Jewish rabbls had only hint a,
this suggestion when they said that in IA,
human frame their was small bon.
which they sail was to be the basis Of II.
rnaurrection body. Perhaps that ma,
have becn a delusion. But this thing i,
certain, the Christian scientists of ou,t
dav have found 0Gt that there arc two N
three superfuities Of body that ere Soma
! thing gloriously suggestive OF anoth9i
state,
I called at my friends house one sum
mer dav. | founl the yard all piled \,
with the rubbish Of carpenter and mason,
work The door was off. The plumbe,s
had torn up the floor. The roof was bei9,
lifted in cupola. All the pictures we5
gone and the paper-hangers were doing
their work. Ali the modern imwoys
ments were being introduced into ths
duelJing. There was not a room in II,
house flt to live in at that time, although,
month before when / visited that hOus
every thing was so beautiful could nj |
have suggested an Improvement w
friend had gone with his family to d,
Holy Land. expecting to come back at The =
end of six months, when the building w8,'
70 he done. And, o. what was his i,'
when at the end of six months, he retuH4
and the old house was enlarged ami
proved and gloritied.
That IS your body. 1t looks vel nov
all the rooms filed with health, and ". y
could hardly make "A suggestion. III
after awhile your soul will go on to H. 4,
Holy Land, and while You are gone tNii
old house Of your tabernacle will be recol y
structed from cellar to attic, and eyore
nerve, muscle and bone and@ tissue anl
artery must be hauled over, and the Old ~
structure will be FURNISHED and adorned :
and raised and cupolaed and enlarged
and all the improvements OF Heaven il.,;
troduced, and you will move intoit onres
direction day. a
Forwe know that il our earthly house Of tss,
tabernacle were dissolved. we have buildgv,
of God. a house not made with hands, etena :
in the heavens.
O, what a day when body and soul nee a
n4ainl They are very fond Of each otha :
Did YOUR body ever have pain and yOn :.
soul not pity itl or your body have iq )
and your soul not re-2cho 1t! or changing
the question, did your soul ever have all !,
trouble and your body not sympathlR :
with itl growing wan and weak under h
depressing influence. Or dld your sou = :.
ever have gladness but your body ceb :
brated it with kindled eye and cheek ali y
elastic stcpl Surely God never intends = =
two such good friends to be very lolloo
separated. nj
And so when the worlds last EaStsoo !.
morning shall come the soul VIII descent :, :
crvinp, "Where is my GOdy'" and u,
body will ascend, saying, "N mere IS M If
souip; and the Lord of resurrection WI h
bring them together, and it Will be :
perfect soul in perfect body, ntr G
duced by a perfect Christ into pere' : :
Heaven. h
Victoryl Do you wonder that to-day !,
swathe this house with garlands' DoN
wonder we celebrate it with the most COZ :, :
ceutrated voice of song that we can =
vite, and with the deftest fingers on org :,
or cornet. and with the doxOIogIes thi y
beat these arches with the olllows T
sound as the sea smites the basalt =
Giants Causeway2 Only the pad dlsal
prove of the resurrection. u
A cruel heather warrior heard :
Moffat, the miss ionary, preach aDouV w s s
resurrection, and h, said to the mlss% n,
ary: m
HWill my father rise in the last day' n
"Yes,n said the missionary. u
sWill all the dead in battle risef" s''
the cruel chieftain. in
Yes said the missionary. ~,
uIben.n said the warrior, "let me hol =
no more about the resurrection d'y, ThH q,
can be no resurrection, thera shall Dc in
resurrection. l have slain thousands II
battle. VIII they risel"
All, there will be more to rise on 'n D.,
day than those want to see whose crIni 9,
have never been repented of. But Tor es
others who allowed Christ 10 be their p
don. and their life, and their reSsurh n,
ton, it will be a day Of victory h
The thunders Of the last day VIII De N;
salvo that greets you into harbor' i
lightnngs will be only the torches OIL 7,
umphal procession marching down B
escort YOU home. The burning Wo- Df
flashing through immensity Will De c,
rockets celebrating your coron% m
on thrones where you VIII RH h
forever and forever and 1ore'
Where is deathl What have we to dow d
death. As your reunited body and ri
swing off from this planet on that la'tu W
YOU will see deep gashes all up ana d0'
the hills, deep gashes all through lne. 81
leys, and they will be the emptiel gra.1 k
they will be the abandoned sepulcA9 d
with rough ground tossed on eitnsr
of them. and slabs will lie uneven Oh u O,
rent hilocks, and there VIII DC i'I OF
monuments and conotaphs, and Iheu' r
the first time, you will appreciate 'H' "
eXbilarati on Of the text: &,
He will swallow up death in victory.
Hail the Lord Of earth and heaVep Il,
Praise to Thee by both be gveu' is
Thee we greet triumphant now g,
Hail the resurrection Thou n
A Cheerful Household VI
Folks forget that they have oeen
dren. They substitute the ldea :.
child's life for that which is necesSarp!